Botnets and Internet of Things Security
2017/02/01 by Elisa Bertino, Nayeem Islam · 674 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Advanced Malware Detection Techniques #Botnet #Computer science #Computer security #Information security #Internet of Things #Internet privacy #Internet security #Network Security and Intrusion Detection #Security service #Smart Grid Security and Resilience #The Internet #World Wide Web
paper · doi:10.1109/mc.2017.62
published in Computer 50(2), 76-79 (IEEE Computer Society)
openalex publication_date 2017/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Abstract
Recent distributed denial-of-service attacks demonstrate the high vulnerability of Internet of Things (IoT) systems and devices. Addressing this challenge will require scalable security solutions optimized for the IoT ecosystem.
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